Tag: boundaries
5 Challenging Pre-Teen Behaviours And How To Cope
As a parent, we expect challenging behaviour from our kids once they hit the teenage years. We know they're growing up and testing their...
8 Reasons Why Discipline Is Good For Your Child
Often, it seems ‘discipline’ is a naughty word for parents. It sounds as though we’re being unkind to our children, upsetting them and depriving...
Is It Ever OK For Grandparents To Discipline The Grandkids?
‘In my day, we’d get two licks of the cane from a teacher for being naughty and if our parents found out, we’d get...
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7 Ways To Teach Your Child To Be Kind
We all want to have that mega polite kid who does no wrong. Nobody wants to get the phone call from the school saying...
How To Deliver A Baby In An Emergency
If you’re a fan of television dramas, you’d be forgiven for thinking women give birth in the most inconvenient places all the time. On...
8 Clever Ways To Get Kids To Take Their Medicine
“A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down,” sang Mary Poppins famously. And, sometimes, it does. Other times, though, you’ll need a few...
How I Escaped The Nightmare Of My Alcoholic Family To Help Others
I grew up in a family of alcoholics. Anyone raised around addiction knows the chaos, fear, angst, secrecy and pain that comes with it....
The Surrogates Forced To Raise Strangers’ Children As Their Own
Surrogacy is discussed far more openly these days. Celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Sir Elton John, and Sarah Jessica Parker are all...
How to Dress Children for Cold Weather
If it is cold where you are, and you have small kids, you may be wondering just how to keep kids warm properly. It’s a...